Activities

Biography

James D. Wangelin concentrates his practice on insurance and reinsurance coverage litigation, as well as on international arbitration and claims management. Mr. Wangelin represents reinsurers and carriers in the U.S., Bermuda and Europe. He also handles professional liability matters, particularly in the healthcare and legal fields, and general commercial litigation. Mr. Wangelin has tried dozens of trials and arbitrations in numerous jurisdictions.

James D. Wangelin concentrates his practice on insurance and reinsurance coverage litigation, as well as on international arbitration and claims management. Mr. Wangelin represents reinsurers and carriers in the U.S., Bermuda and Europe. He also handles professional liability matters, particularly in the healthcare and legal fields, and general commercial litigation. Mr. Wangelin has tried dozens of trials and arbitrations in numerous jurisdictions.

Memberships & Honors

Mr. Wangelin is a director of the Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), and a member of ARIAS, the American and Illinois State Bar Associations and the Defense Research Institute.

He was selected as a 2006 Illinois Super Lawyer and had previously been named by his Illinois peers as a Leading Lawyer in the fields of ADR and Insurance/Reinsurance. Mr. Wangelin is also a member of the Leading Lawyers Network's Advisory Board, which is composed of those Leading Lawyers who receive the highest number of votes for their areas of law and/or their region in Illinois.

Mr. Wangelin was chairman, Lawyer Services Committee - Young Lawyers Section (1977-1982), director (1979-1981), Chicago Bar Association - Young Lawyer's Section (1979-1981) and a recipient of the association's David C. Hilliard Award. He also served on the Governor's Advisory Board for Credit Unions (1980-1981).